THE "WHITE HARBOR" OF THE ANCIENTS IS NOW A DESERTED
PORT
The Bay of Minet-el-Beida, so called from the calcareous rocks at its entrance, lies at the eastern end
ofthe
Mediterranean
(see
map,
page
103).
In the foreground is the Ras Shamra royal cemetery. On the horizon looms the Djebel Ansariya, or mountains
ofthe
Alaouite
country,
the
peak
of Djebel Akra rising high in the center. Known also as Mount Casius, it was there the Phoenicians made
offerings
toBaal.
Romans,
too,
revered
the peak, and the Emperor Julian made a pilgrimage to it.